After DLTouted Sam Fox’s latest super-secret project, this legendary local restaurateur agreed to give us a few minutes of his time if we promised to stop digging through the trash outside his Fox Restaurant Concepts HQ. And after whetting our appetite with some savory deets on his first foray into Downtown Phoenix, The Arrogant Butcher, Fox broke some news about our breaking news.

Yes, he’s the one tearing down the former car wash at 40th Street & Camelback. And yes it will be the sixth location of his popular modern Italian concept, NoRTH. However, Fox promises this all-new NoRTH will actually be more French Laundry than Italian Stallion. Confused? Read on.

Hello Scoopers. “Enough of the nostalgicarchitecture posts,” you say. Give us something savory, piping hot and insider-only. Well try this one on for size. We’ve learned that a certain famed Valley food-dude is quietly constructing a new restaurant in the heart of the Arcadia/PV/Biltmore areas.